The retaliation campaign against whistleblower Maria Bamieh now includes the threat of criminal prosecution, made by an agency of the European Union. Ms. Bamieh’s attorneys have also been threatened with prosecution. The threat is designed to annul Ms. Bamieh’s right to litigate on her own behalf by silencing her and all witnesses to the crimes that she reported.

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s Statement Offers no Protection for Victims of Sexual Abuse or the Whistleblowers who report it

(WASHINGTON) – Observers at the United Nations reported today to the Government Accountability Project (GAP) that Ban Ki-Moon has just announced an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse against children in the Central African Republic (CAR). The alleged perpetrators were French troops, deployed under UN Security Council resolution 2127.

(WASHINGTON) – Today, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to 42 months in prison after being convicted of exposing a botched CIA operation to the American people, in which the agency negligently slipped Iran working plans to build a nuclear weapon.

(WASHINGTON) – Today, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in ACLU v. Clapper that the NSA’s bulk phone metadata surveillance program is illegal because it exceeds the authority granted in the PATRIOT ACT. This ruling represents a major step in repealing the surveillance state and offers vindication for GAP clients such as Bill Binney, Thomas Drake, and Edward Snowden, who scarified so much to blow the whistle on flagrant abuses of power.